David Reyne


David Nicholas Reyne is an Australian actor, musician, television and radio presenter. Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria to an Australian mother and English diplomat father. The family moved to Victoria, Australia in the early 1960s. Reyne lives in Mount Eliza, Victoria. He was educated at The Peninsula School, Mount Eliza.

Career

Music

In 1978 when Clutch Cargo became the band Australian Crawl, Reyne, younger brother of lead singer James, continued as drummer. He filled this role for ten months before leaving to continue his acting education. He was later drummer for Cats Under Pressure and Chantoozies. Reyne co-wrote "Polar Notch" and "Let Me Be" for Cats Under Pressure, the latter was covered by Daryl Braithwaite. Whilst with Chantoozies, Reyne also sang backing vocals. Chantoozies most popular tracks were covers of Redbone's "Witch Queen", John Kongos' "He's Gonna Step on You Again" and Stephen Stills' "Love the One You're With"; fellow members included Ally Fowler, Tottie Goldsmith and Eve von Bibra.

Acting

Reyne began his acting career with a minor role in the 1983 film, Skin Deep. At the April 1985 TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, he won the 1984 Best New Talent Logie for his work in the ongoing role of Martin Kabel in the ABC series Sweet and Sour. Reyne's role as Kabel, "The Takeaways" guitarist/vocalist was shared with John Clifforth of the Australian pop music band Deckchairs Overboard who performed the on-screen vocals. Reyne followed this in 1985 with the ongoing role of Detective Vince Bailey in Nine Network soap opera Possession. Reyne also played lothario Dr. Guy Reid in the final two seasons of the Australian drama series, The Flying Doctors. In 2012, Reyne guest appeared in Neighbours, playing Dale Madden. However, he only appeared in one episode.

Television

Reyne has also worked as a television presenter. He briefly hosted Midday in 1995 with Tracy Grimshaw and also worked as a reporter for the travel show Getaway from 1992 to 2006.
After leaving Getaway Reyne signed with Network Ten to co-host with Kim Watkins the new morning show 9am with David and Kim which began 30 January 2006 and ended at the end of 2009.

Radio

In May 2012, Reyne joined smoothFM in Sydney and Melbourne to host Wind Down from 8pm - 12am on weeknights. He remained with the station until his contract ended in March 2013.

Personal life

Reyne married Karina Loscher in 1994; they have two children.